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A -- PREQUALIFICATION OF SUPPLIERS FOR AUTOMATIC GUIDED VEHICLES PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION DUE 010499 POC Vance Cathell (703)280-7803 E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer via, vcathell@email.usps.gov. The Postal Service is seeking sources and pre-qualification statements from System Integrators/Suppliers of AGV systems interested in providing and installing an AGV system in a Postal facility. This is a test system which will be moving postal containers from an inbound dock to a sorting machine. The system may be expanded in the future to include additional sorting machines and docks. Installation, training and maintenance support is required. If the web site is accessible (it was not at the time of this submission), a draft Statemment of Work (SOW) can be accessed through www.purchasing.gov. Otherwise, the draft SOW can be obtained through the point of contact. In order to pre-qualify companies must have a proven track record of installing and providing maintenance support for AGV systems in an industrial environment. Parties interested in being pre-qualified for this effort must provide a pre-qualification statement that clearly demonstrates the following formatted to address each of the ID criteria below: 1) Description of AGV which would be provided including safety features. 2) Listing of locations where AGVs have been installed. 3) Description of maintenance requirements and maintenance philosophy for AGVS. 4) Description of Quality Assurance plans used in the manufacture of AGVS. 5) Description of software and development tools. 6) Description of operator and maintenance training normally provided including duration. 7) A rough estimate of the cost of installing two AGVs in a loop 50 ft wide by 200 ft long. 8) An estimate of the time required to provide and install and make operational 2 AGVs in a 50 ft wide by 200 ft long loop. 9) Past performance based on the following: Quality (a record of conformance to contract requirements and standards of good workmanship). Timeliness of performance (adherence to contract schedules, including the administrative aspects of performance). Business relations (a history of being reasonable and cooperative with customers; commitment to customer satisfaction; integrity and ethics). Cost control (a record of forecasting and containing costs on changes and cost-reimbursement contracts). Supply chain management (the supplier's management of total material flow from all levels of subcontractors). 10) Supplier capability based on the following: Have, or have the ability to obtain, resources (financial, technical, etc.) adequate to perform the work. Be able to meet the required or posed delivery schedule, considering all existing commitments, including awards pending. Have a sound record of integrity and business ethics. Have, or have the ability to develop, a sound quality control program that complies with solicitation requirements. Have the necessary organization, experience, accounting and operational controls, technical skills, and production and property controls. Have, or have the ability to obtain, the necessary production, construction, and technical equipment and facilities. Be otherwise qualified and eligible to receive and award under applicable laws and regulations. Only those firms who are determined to be pre-qualified will be considered for any resulting contracts. Interested firms should prepare a discussion including the above and the most recent financial statements, not to exceed thirty (30) single-sided pages. The qualification statement must be submitted with an original and three (3) copies to the address above no later than 4 January 1999. Posted 12/07/98 (W-SN277789). (0341)

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